Waterbury evening Democrat., 1887-12-05
PERSONAL GOSSIP.

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 Princess Beatrices second child has been christened Victoria Eugenie Julia Eva
 President Cleveland has announced his in- tention to learn horseback riding this winter.
 Prince Oscar, the second son of the king of Sweden, is studying painting at the Paris academic under the name of Oscarson.
 David Dudley Field takes exercise at the age of se years by walking eight miles every day and riding horseback for an hour besides.
 By the marriage of Senator Hawley the number of widowers in the upper house of congress is reduced to three. They are Sena- tors Gibson, Voorhees, and Beck.
 Senator Hawley and his wife will not entertain in public way in Washington this season, although Mrs. Hawley will be at home to callers on senator's day.
 John W. Young, Brigham Young's oldest son, is said to be successful business man and a shrewd builder of railroads in Utah Territory. He has only three wives.
 President Cleveland has made s2Q, Qc5cS in the increase of the value of land slpOn which his country home near Washington is located, and Secretary Whitney cleared $9O, 900 in his sale of ..sGresslands."
 Francis B. Stockbridge, the new United Estates senator from Michigan, has taken handsome house on M street, Washington, where he will entertain in luxurious style. He is worth about s, 100000.
 Ex-Senator Tabor, of Colorado, is said to have struck another bonanza near the Match less mine, at Leadville. The Matchless has already yielded him s1 ,250 900, and the new vein gives promise of equaling it's record
 Prince Alexander of Battenburg, it is rumored, is to marry Princess Louise of Wales. In order to obtain the Prince Qf Wales consent the queen has promised, the rumor adds, to endow the princess with $1 100000.
 Sir John Macdonald has given $40,O0O for the establishment in Toronto of a new hos pital, on condition that the fund be in- creased to s15o,OOO by subscription and that the hospital shall be vested in and managed by committee of representative citizens.
 Mir. Edison has completed his photograph, and unless he talks at random it is the most marvellous of his inventions. The phono- graph will be about the size of typewriter, and will work automatically by a small cleo trio motor, which is noiseleSs and stops at the touch of a 5pring.
 Cardinal Pellegrini, who died in Paris re- gently in h. 76th year, stood fifth in the list of cardinal deacons and was the last cardinal created by Plus TX in 1877. He was a lead ing member of many ecclesiastical congrega- tions and protector of the Brotherhood of Jesus at St. Elena.
 The story that Meissonier has been pre- vented from painting by paralysis of the right thumb has been contradicted. All that has happened to the illustrious artist, says The Athenmum, is the loss of synovial fluid Ii. the joint of the thumb, which science will, no doubt. readily deal with.
 Don Camerua,s house in Washington was the old Taylor manslUa. and is very comfort able and roomy Senator Cameron has had the good taste to leave the house as it was as far as arrangement of rooms is concerned, while the taste of his wife has made the in terior decorations quite in keeping with the old fashioned style of the place.
 Ex-Senator Wallace, of Pennsylvania, is growing rapidly rich. He has retired tenn porarily from active politics, but intends to become, if possible, a political power in his state after he has made all the money he wants, His wealth is obtained from rail- roads and coal mines. His profits in the last few months are said to have been enormous.
 Pope Leo XIII is very fond of agriculture, and has passion for planting trees. Che of his first works after his election was to plant the garden of the Vatican with fruit trees and vines, and this year for the first time the grapes of the Vatican garden are turned into wine. His holiness superintends the opera tion and gives the necessary orders. Citizen George Francis Train has a poor opinion of Maine. He delivered three lec- lures on his way to St. John. His total re- ceipts were $15 and his expenses $3O. He had to pawn his watch in order to reach St. John because the hotel man in Bangor would not lend him $5. For this reason Citizen Train writes the epitaph for Maine The | state, he says, is dead.
 MT. Bancroft, the historian, is much bet ter in health than he was few months ago, but has lost much ground within the last year or more His weight of years is beginning to tell plainly upon him. The other day while out riding he remained so long that a sort of paralysis came over him, and it was neces- sary for him to take to hi ed and be vigor- ously rubbed before he recovered.